---
title: "Nutrient iOS SDK 26.6 release notes"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/ios/releases/26-6/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/ios/releases/26-6.md"
last_updated: "2026-06-05T20:16:40.242Z"
description: "Nutrient iOS SDK 26.6 adds PencilKit signatures and improvements across editing, search, and Instant collaboration."
---

5 March 2026

Nutrient iOS SDK 26.6 adds an option to use Apple PencilKit for handwritten signatures, and it includes a broad set of reliability fixes across annotation workflows, text editing, search, and real-time collaboration. For the full list of changes, see our [changelog](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/ios/changelog.md#26.6.0).

## Better handwritten signatures with PencilKit

You can now enable PencilKit for the Draw mode in [`SignatureCreationViewController`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/signaturecreationviewcontroller) by setting `usePencilKit` to `true`. This improves the look and feel of drawn signatures and gives users a signing experience that feels more at home on modern Apple platforms.

As part of this change, [`SignatureCreationViewController.drawView`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/signaturecreationviewcontroller/drawview) is deprecated, since that API doesn’t work with PencilKit-based signing. If you rely on `drawView`, [contact us](https://support.nutrient.io/hc/en-us/requests/new) so we can help you with a migration path.

## Migration notes

This release includes changes you should account for when upgrading:

- Nutrient iOS SDK now requires Xcode 26.3.

- Copying an [`Annotation`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkit/annotation) via `NSCopying` now produces a new `uuid` for the copied annotation.
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